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El Kaabi’s double crushes Aston Villa hopes of comeback at Olympiakos
There is a graffiti mural in the north stand – home to the most ardent, impassioned Olympiakos supporters – that displays a mockup of Muhammad Ali standing over his opponent sandwiched between the words: “Piraeus means knock out!”
And so it proved for Aston Villa, whose European adventure came to a joyless end in the Greek port. A familiar face landed the killer blows, Ayoub El Kaabi scoring his fourth and fifth goals of the tie to earn a 6-2 aggregate win.
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